The fix is easy, stop giving kids so much goddamn sugar as a system.
We give adults way too much sugar as well. Every goddamn drink has shittons of sugar. Even a goddamn bread loaf has added sugar these days. A cup of many brands of flavored yogurt have half the sugar as a coke, and they try to pass yogurt off as the "healthy" alternative to ice cream. It's the same if it has the same amount of sugar. The coffee shop near my place sells 5 types of flavored lattes. They all have added sugar. The Japanese, Chinese, and western bakeries near me have added sugar in every pastry and every drink. It's fucking insane.
There is absolutely no need for this. It desensitizes everyone to sugar AND makes them addicted so that you can sell them more junk with even more sugar.
Sugar is a problem. A hundred or so years ago, you may eat a pound or five of sugar over a year. We are now eating like 40lbs a year.
But sugar is not the only problem. Why do ancient skeletons all (mostly) have great, straight teeth and strong jaws? That is not sugar. I suspect it is soft foods.
We give adults way too much sugar as well. Every goddamn drink has shittons of sugar. Even a goddamn bread loaf has added sugar these days. A cup of many brands of flavored yogurt have half the sugar as a coke, and they try to pass yogurt off as the "healthy" alternative to ice cream. It's the same if it has the same amount of sugar. The coffee shop near my place sells 5 types of flavored lattes. They all have added sugar. The Japanese, Chinese, and western bakeries near me have added sugar in every pastry and every drink. It's fucking insane.
There is absolutely no need for this. It desensitizes everyone to sugar AND makes them addicted so that you can sell them more junk with even more sugar.